The metadata below describe the original scanning. Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). See also the
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Hints to the beginner.--Character by handwriting.--Saxon, Norman-French and law Latin.--Old deeds.--Law technicalities.--Manor and court rolls.--Monastic charters.--Parish registers.--Parish officers and their account books.--Books on paleography.--Old letters.--Abbreviations, etc